Articles Posted in the " Politics " Category

Another interesting conversation over at Community College Dean’s blog. He notes that here in Pennsylvania the Governor is considering having state funding for some higher ed follow the students rather than funding the state “affiliated” schools in large blocks. My...

An interesting thought comes out as a result of someone on another post writing “I’m so clueless as to why this is even an issue.” He was talking about the issue of Same Sex Marriage. Now, I could assume that...

Last night over on Facebook we had a rather good and amicable discussion about Obama, and the trend in government to rule the people rather than be ruled by the people. I made a claim that Obama is seeking to...

Another Venture into politics… This one is really REALLY heartfelt… Here’s what scares me about Obama. On New Years Eve he signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which, among other things, allows the President to authorize the indefinite detention, in...

Lesson #1 in learning about diplomacy: governments choose their words very carefully, so that messages are sent in the headlines, and the quotes. In 1990 George H W Bush made the statement, as the Iraqi forces were still rolling in...

Yesterday, on NPR, Juan Williams presented a story entitled “Is Race A Factor In Protests Of Obama Initiatives?” I must admit, I had somewhat of a knee-jerk reaction to that story. I have always been resistant to people bringing up...

Feyerabend’s book, “Against Method” stands as a critical look at science, and how we “know.” As part of the domain “philosophy of Science” he stands as one of the interesting challengers to what we think we know, categorized often as...

I have had a day to digest the news, and speaking as a conservative, and a life-long Republican, my first reaction remains my reaction: “I had to hold my nose, and vote for Specter. Now I have to do neither.”...

I saw someone on Twitter last night call President Obama to task for ridiculing private business owners for flying on privately owned corporate jets while failing to call members of Congress out for traveling on “free” junkets funded either by...

Just yesterday an impromptu discussion in taxation and representation occured over at Community College Dean’s blog. Apparently “anonymous‘s” comment was “uncalled for” when anonymous (in response to the question about including tax-payers in selecting a college’s Board of Trustees) suggested...